"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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> On Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 2:21:42 PM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 12:29:07 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:56:48 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I use small plum tomatoes and if it matters, I cut mine
>> >> > pole to pole too <g>
>> >>
>> >> I quartered my romas pole to pole when I slow roasted a few pounds of
>> >> them earlier in the week. It's okay when cooking, but I hate tomatoes
>> >> cut that way in my sandwiches. Cindy is on her own putting grape
>> >> tomatoes in a BLT. That's something I wouldn't do either, because I
>> >> don't want to chase the escapees.
>> >
>> > It wasn't so bad. A couple slices fell out, but a good, firm
>> > grasp prevented most escapes.
>> >
>> > Grape tomatoes are what I use when my own plants aren't producing
>> > (which is about 10 months out of the year). It's a compromise,
>> > but I love BLTs too much to wait 10 months between them. (I
>> > wonder if sun-dried tomatoes would be too much tomato, since
>> > a BLT is all about balance.)
>> >
>> > I've got one tomato on one of my two tomato plants. It's a
>> > beefsteak type, a variety called German Johnson. The
>> > San Marzano (plum type) has blooms, but no tomatoes yet.
>> > It was a cool and rainy May, so they didn't make much headway
>> > for several weeks after planting. June has been a little
>> > on the cool side, and pretty rainy so far. Most years, the
>> > rain stops in late June and we don't see it again until August.
>>
>> You can grow tomatoes 10 months in a year?? Phew. The only way I can get
>> some like that is with my small hydroponic unit. Not too many at that.
>> My
>> tomato plants are in their greenhouses now and are just coming into
>> flower.
>
> No. Sorry if that came out backward. I plant tomatoes in May, and
> it's usually August before I have any ripe tomatoes. By the end
> of September (or earlier), they're done. It's 10 months between
> homegrown tomatoes.

Thanks That sounds more like ours Looking back I think I was the one
that got it backward!


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